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Recognised as Colour

#94B4E3

  • #94B4E3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#94B4E3 is a blue with RGB values 148, 180, 227 and HSL 216°, 59%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#94B4E3#94B4E3
HEX#94B4E3
RGBrgb(148, 180, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.7059, 0.8902
RGB percentages58%, 70.6%, 89%
HSLhsl(215.7, 58.5%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.7, 34.8%, 89%)
CMYK34.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,745,635
CSS custom property--colour: #94B4E3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44484WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.9:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#6B4B1C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3B6E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BAFE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7BBEC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 13.3Light skyblue · ΔE 13.4Sky blue · ΔE 17.6Steel blue · ΔE 21.2Light blue · ΔE 22.3Light slate grey · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 13.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3C394
Analogous#94DCE3, #9C94E3
Triadic#E394B4, #B4E394
Split complementary#E39C94, #DCE394
Tetradic#E394DC, #E3C394, #94E39C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5EDF8
Lighter +10%#BCD0EE
Darker −10%#6C98D8
Darker −20%#437BCE
Darker −30%#2E63B0
Darker −40%#234C88
More saturated +25%#83B1F4
Less saturated −25%#A5B7D2

Channel breakdown

R148
G180
B227
Red148 (58%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue215.7°
Saturation (HSL)58.52%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 94 · G B4 · B E3

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